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 "No—no—no—don't interrupt me. You don't know how sorry I've been—how sorry.—I'm glad you're married and I'm glad Lida is the girl. I've learned a lot since I saw you last. I've learned that prejudices we hold are wrong. I've decided to try and right some of those wrongs. I saw some horrible things in the South; things I was ashamed of; things America ought to be ashamed of; things America will be ashamed of some of these days.

"Professor Armstrong—"

"Oh, Professor Armstrong? Is he up here too?" Bennet interrupted.

"Yes, after Dr. Tansey's awful death—You heard about that?" she rattled on. "No?—He died, killed in a mob—trampled on as he and Professor Armstrong tried to prevent two innocent persons from being lynched. They failed—Oh, it was horrible—horrible. Professor Armstrong was so shocked at the conditions that he has decided to devote his life to changing conditions.—I'm going to help him. The South is wrong—wrong—wrong.

"Professor Armstrong is going to start settlement work in the South and try to get the white South to help better the conditions. By bettering conditions of the colored people, which is their duty, they will better their own. It's a glorious work.—I was just on my way down to meet him now. Congratulations and may your lives be full of happiness. Lida, I adore you." She kissed Lida heartily.—"On your honeymoon? Well, good luck to you. I'm awfully glad you're married."

"We were just on our way to book passage for England," Bennet explained.